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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827591903321

Titolo

Catalysis by materials with well-defined structures / / edited by Zili Wu, Steven H. Overbury ; contributors, S. Agarwal [and thirty-five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Elsevier, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-12-801340-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

541.395

Soggetti

Heterogeneous catalysis

Catalysis

Catalysts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Catalysis by Materials With Well-Defined Structures; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1 - Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Properties of Well-Defined Cu2O Nanocrystals; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SYNTHESIS OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 3. SURFACE COMPOSITION/STRUCTURE OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 4. SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 5. CATALYTIC PROPERTY OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 6. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - Ceria Nanoshapes-Structural and Catalytic Properties; 1. INTRODUCTION

2. SYNTHESIS AND MORPHOLOGY OF CERIA NANOSHAPES3. INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF ADSORBED SPECIES ON CERIA NANOSHAPES; 4. WGS REACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; 5. SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 - The Characterization and Structure-Dependent Catalysis of Ceria with Well-Defined Facets; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF SIZE- AND STRUCTURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES OF CEO2 NANOPARTICLES; 3. HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS REACTIONS ON NANOSHAPED CEO2; 4. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 5. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES



Chapter 4 - Gold Clusters and Nanoparticles Stabilized by Nanoshaped Ceria in Catalysis1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GOLD SPECIES ON CERIA NANOSTRUCTURES; 3. IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF GOLD SPECIES SUPPORTED ON CERIA ROD AND CUBE; 4. MORPHOLOGY-DEPENDENT CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF AU/CEO2; 5. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 - Gold/Ceria: The Making of a Robust Catalyst for Fuel Processing and Hydrogen Production; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CERIA: STRUCTURE, SYNTHESIS METHODS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CATALYSIS; 3. METAL-CERIA INTERACTION

4. GOLD/CERIA CATALYSTS: THEORETICAL STUDIES, PREPARATION METHODS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CATALYSIS5. IDENTIFICATION OF THE ACTIVE SITE IN AU/CEO2 CATALYSTS FOR THE WATER-GAS SHIFTS AND THE STEAM REFORMING OF METHANOL; 6. OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 - Surface Effects in the Reactivity of Ceria: A First Principles Perspective; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FIRST PRINCIPLES MODELING OF CERIA; 3. MODELING PERFECT SURFACES OF CERIA; 4. MODELING OF SURFACE DEFECTS IN CERIA; 5. INTERACTION OF OXYGEN WITH CERIA SURFACES; 6. MODELING OF MOLECULAR ADSORPTION AT SURFACES

7. ADSORPTION OF METAL ATOMS AT CERIA SURFACES8. TUNING REACTIVITY: DOPING OF CERIA SURFACES; 9. PERSPECTIVE AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 - Applications of Electron Microscopy in Heterogeneous Catalysis; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BASICS OF TEM; 3. ATOMIC RESOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION USING TEM; 4. CASE STUDIES; 5. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 - Catalysis by Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SYNTHESIS OF ATOMICALLY PRECISE GOLD NANOCLUSTERS; 3. ATOMIC STRUCTURES OF GOLD NANOCLUSTERS

4. THERMAL STABILITY OF AUN(SR)M NANOCLUSTERS